Originally Posted by
Qwkynuf
It has been a couple of years for me, but my experience has been "*NO*".
HA doesn't care about or acknowledge any perks related to DL at all. In the past, I have resorted to paying the $50 or so to upgrade to HA first for the island hop because it has always worked out less expensive than paying to check two bags.
Originally Posted by
canyonleo
While this is entirely accurate, my last two trips of checking in at HA in OGG for a OGG>HNL>SLC I've had the agent be nice and waive the fee (just for being nice, the agent and I both acknowledge there's zero benefit for DL status in such a case).
You both reference "DL Status" here. I'm not asking about waiving because of my DL DM status. I'm asking if they waive it because I'm flying on a Business class ticket that happens to be in Y for the first short segment.